CERCLE DIPLOMATIQUE - issue 02/2017
CD is a bi-lingual, independent and impartial magazine and is the medium of communication between foreign representatives of international and UN-organisations based in Vienna and the Austrian political classes, business, culture and tourism. CD features up-to-date information about and for the diplomatic corps, international organisations, society, politics, business, tourism, fashion and culture. Furthermore CD introduces the new ambassadors in Austria and informs about designations, awards and top-events. Interviews with leading personalities, country reports from all over the world and the presentation of Austria as a host country complement the wide range oft he magazine.
CD is a bi-lingual, independent and impartial magazine and is the medium of communication between foreign representatives of international and UN-organisations based in Vienna and the Austrian political classes, business, culture and tourism. CD features up-to-date information about and for the diplomatic corps, international organisations, society, politics, business, tourism, fashion and culture. Furthermore CD introduces the new ambassadors in Austria and informs about designations, awards and top-events. Interviews with leading personalities, country reports from all over the world and the presentation of Austria as a host country complement the wide range oft he magazine.
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EDITORIAL<br />
Liebe Leserinnen, liebe Leser! | Dear Readers,<br />
PHOTO: ROIS & STUBENRAUCH<br />
Der 300. Geburtstag von Kaiserin Maria Theresia<br />
wird heuer ausgiebig gefeiert, aber die<br />
Reformerin betätigte sich auch als Stifterin:<br />
So wurde die Theresianische Militärakademie 1752<br />
in Wiener Neustadt gegründet. Heute ist sie die älteste<br />
noch bestehende Militärakademie der Welt.<br />
Die Stiftung Theresianische Akademie wurde 1746<br />
in Wien in der Favorita, der ehemaligen Sommerresidenz<br />
der Habsburger, als Ritterakademie am heutigen<br />
Theresianum-Campus eingerichtet. Die Diplomatische<br />
Akademie Wien ist seit 1754 die weltweit<br />
älteste Institution ihrer Art. Mit dem internationalen<br />
Amtssitz der UNO verkörpert Wien auch weiterhin<br />
eine pulsierende Drehscheibe internationaler<br />
Diplomatie.<br />
Als Herausgeber dieses Magazins ist es uns ein<br />
besonderes Anliegen, diplomatische Vertreter zu<br />
Wort kommen zu lassen. Mit Stolz und Freude erfüllt<br />
es uns, dass es uns mit unserem hervorragenden<br />
Redaktions-Team immer wieder gelingt, exklusive<br />
Interviews zu bekommen. Diese finden dann<br />
gerne an den schönsten Locations Wiens statt, was<br />
auch dank unserer Partner in der Top-Hotellerie<br />
möglich gemacht wird. Die ganz persönlichen Eindrücke<br />
und Ansichten der diversen Gespräche verarbeitet<br />
dann Rainer Himmelfreundpointner als<br />
Autor der Themen Politik und Wirtschaft, u.a. zu<br />
lesen im Exklusiv-Interview mit UNODC-Direktor<br />
S.E. Yury Fedotov, ab S. 54. Unsere Autorin Evelyn<br />
Rois entlockt in exklusiven Interviews kulturellen<br />
Botschaftern – wie Oksana Lyniv als neue Chefdirigentin<br />
an der Oper Graz – aktuelle Details (S. 118).<br />
Unsere Cover-Story dreht sich diesmal um Belgien,<br />
das inmitten von Europa, weit mehr zu bieten<br />
hat als Schokolade und das weltberühmte Manneken<br />
Pis, zu lesen ab Seite 30. Unser Bundesland-<br />
Special zeigt diesmal Niederösterreichs vielseitige<br />
Facetten (ab S. 76). Und für eine sommerliche Auszeit<br />
verraten wir Ihnen Tipps für lukullische Genüsse<br />
am Wasser (S. 94).<br />
Wir wünschen angenehme Lektüre und einen<br />
wunderbaren Sommer!<br />
This year marks the celebration of Empress<br />
Maria Theresa‘s 300th birthday. The reformer,<br />
however, was also a benefactress, which<br />
led to the foundation of the Theresian Military Academy<br />
in 1752 in Wiener Neustadt, the oldest remaining<br />
military academy in the world. The foundation<br />
Stiftung Theresianische Akademie was established<br />
in 1746 in Vienna in the Favorita, the former summer<br />
residence of the Habsburg family, as a knight<br />
academy at today‘s Theresianum Campus. And the<br />
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna has been the oldest<br />
institution of its kind since 1754. With the international<br />
headquarters of the UN, Vienna thus continues<br />
to embody a pulsating hub for international diplomacy.<br />
As the editors of this magazine, it is of particular<br />
importance to us to give diplomatic representatives<br />
a platform to express their views and thoughts. We<br />
are filled with pride and joy as our excellent editorial<br />
team manages to land the most exclusive interviews<br />
time and again. These then often take place in<br />
some of Vienna‘s most beautiful locations, which is<br />
also made possible by the top hotels that we count<br />
among our partners. The very personal impressions<br />
and perspectives gained from the various talks are<br />
then processed by Rainer Himmelfreundpointner as<br />
our politics and economics author and can be read,<br />
for example, in the exclusive interview with UN-<br />
ODC Director H.E. Yury Fedotov, see page 54. Another<br />
one of our authors, Evelyn Rois, gathers new<br />
insights from her exclusive interviews with various<br />
cultural ambassadors such as Oksana Lyniv, the new<br />
chief conductor at the Graz Opera (p. 118).<br />
Our cover story this time is all about Belgium<br />
which, with its central location in Europe, has way<br />
more to offer than chocolate and its world-renowned<br />
Manneken Pis – read about it on page 30. Our<br />
province special focuses on Lower Austria‘s immense<br />
diversity (from p. 76). And if you are on the look<br />
for a summertime getaway, we‘ve got a few tips for<br />
delightful treats by the water in store for you (p. 94).<br />
We hope you enjoy your reading and wish you a<br />
fantastic summer!<br />
Herzlichst, | Yours,<br />
Andrea Fürnweger<br />
Herausgeberin | Editor<br />
Mag. Alexander Bursky<br />
Herausgeber | Editor
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